Sunday, February 22, 2015

This has been a fantastic week! We were able
to work hard, and saw lots of really cool miracles! We have really been
blessed, and it's super cool to see how this area has come from nothing, to
having lots of good happening with the ward, investigators, and others. It's
been fantastic.

I'm not sure if you remember O San or
not, but Elder Kojima and I found him, and he came to church yesterday for the
first time! :D And had a great time! It was epic! And another one of our
investigators is really close to accepting a baptismal invitation, and she also
really wants to come to church! :D And we met a SUPER COOL lady this week. I
went into a store to go buy some ice cream (since I'm CRAZY) and when I was
buying it, the lady working the register was just staring at my name tag. Super
obviously, and super intently. So I said hi, and she said hi, and then she
asked me if we were Christians. So naturally, I hold up the line behind me,
talking to her. End up giving her a flyer, my phone number, and ask her to
please contact us. It sucked that I couldn't get her number or anything, seeing
as how she was at work, but I had faith! And as soon as work was over, she
called us! And said that she drove to the church to look at it, and that she is
SUUUUPER interested! :D HUZZAH for buying ice cream in the middle of Hokkaido
winter! :D

And so we're looking forward to getting to
work with her. And that was our week! We have a zone activity today,
so that'll be way stinking fun!

Monday, February 16, 2015

Hey, boy has it been a crazy week! We had a big zone
conference with the health specialists from Tokyo, and then a zone training
meeting the day after that, and then the snow festival, and then splits, and
we've been BUSY. We've had almost NO time to work, which is lame, but it's been
an effective week none the less.

Our ztm was crazy epic. I had a really cool
experience. We originally had two workshops planned, but then we ended up only
doing one for the whole three hours. I twas going so goood, and everyone was
really feeling the Spirit, and Both Elder Dobashi and I were feeling the
Spirit, and just knew that we didn't need the other workshop, and that that one
was what our zone needed. It was so dang cool. I love being a leader. It's so
amazing getting to see all the individual missionaries, and getting to see them
in a way that Lord does through the Spirit, it's incredible. I was looking at
each person's face, and I could just feel so much love for each one of my zone
members, and could feel how much the Lord loves them. It was a very special
experience. :) LOVE THE MISSION!

And the snow festival was a blast as always!
:D Got to troll around with some of my old buddies, Elder Numano, Elder
Nielsen, Elder Kojima, Elder Yamada, it was epic! :D

And that was really the bulk of this week. Other than
that, not much to report! The picture is of me and elder Dobashi! We are having
SO MUCH FUN. I really do love him a lot, and we're going to wreck this area
before we're done! :D

Monday, February 9, 2015

This has been one crazy week. Transfers happened, and my
beloved brother Elder Strachan transferred! :( It was incredibly unexpected,
and we were both very very sad. He didn't want to transfer at all, and I didn't
want him to transfer alt all. It was rough. But, such is life.

My new companion is Elder Dobashi, from Saitama
Japan. He is a WAY dang cool guy, and he and I are having a lot of fun already.
Get along just great. :) He is way into cars, and is a huge basketball guy.
He's one transfer ahead of me, which means that he ends his mission at the same
time as me, so still with doki members! ;) HAHA!

Because of the transfers and mission leader meetings
and what not, nothing really happened this week. Next week is a big zone
conference, zone training meeting, and lots of other craziness...so we're
going to be BUSY!! Love you all, and thanks for your support!

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Hey everyone! This has a fast week, and a fun one to end the
transfer on. We had lots of splits, and not a ton of opportunities to see our
investigators this week, so dendo was a bit slower. Just one fun story this
week.

Two years ago, with Elder Lee, we had a surprise man
party with the priesthood at the church on Saturday evening. This week, we got
randomly invited to a sister's house for a lunch appointment, and we were
excited to go, but weren't sure what to expect. So we go, and it turns out,
that it's a relief society party! And we were the main guests! HAHA!! We hung
out with all the grandmothers in the ward, the ten or so of them, and ate
AMAZING food, while just having a blast. :P It was the greatest! Elder Strachan
and I were like, that was EPIC! Gotta love them surprise obaachan relief
society parties! ;) HAHA!